At what ages can a child born in France to foreign parents obtain French nationality?

• For a child aged 13 to 15 inclusive, provide a request for French nationality on plain paper stating the names, first names, date and place of birth of the minor and of the legal representative or legal representatives. For a child aged 13 to 15 inclusive, the court clerk prepares the declaration of nationality in 2 copies for the legal representative or legal representatives to date and sign.Service-Public · Checked 2026-11-04
• For a child aged 13 to 15 inclusive, provide the child's birth certificate (acte de naissance).Service-Public · Checked 2026-11-04
• For a child aged 13 to 15 inclusive, provide an identity document, either a passport or a residence permit (titre de séjour).Service-Public · Checked 2026-11-04
• For a child aged 13 to 15 inclusive, provide a recent identity photograph.Service-Public · Checked 2026-11-04
• For a child aged 13 to 15 inclusive, provide the residence permit (titre de séjour) of the foreign parents or a foreign official identity document.Service-Public · Checked 2026-11-04
• For a child aged 13 to 15 inclusive, provide all documents proving that the minor lives in France on the date of the declaration of nationality (déclaration de nationalité).Service-Public · Checked 2026-11-04
• For a child aged 13 to 15 inclusive, provide all documents proving that the minor had habitual residence in France for a continuous or discontinuous period of at least 5 years since age 8.Service-Public · Checked 2026-11-04
• For a child aged 13 to 15 inclusive, provide all documents proving that the legal representative or legal representatives exercise parental authority over the child. For a child aged 13 to 15 inclusive, provide the official identity document of the legal representative or legal representatives.Service-Public · Checked 2026-11-04
• For a child aged 13 to 15 inclusive, if necessary, provide the birth certificates (actes de naissance) of the minor's foreign children who live with the minor habitually or alternately in case of separation or divorce, and all documents justifying the residence of the children. For a child aged 13 to 15 inclusive, if necessary, provide documents proving the filiation of the children.Service-Public · Checked 2026-11-04
• For a child aged 13 to 15 inclusive, if necessary, provide a medical certificate from an approved specialist doctor stating that the minor's mental or physical faculties prevent the minor from expressing their wishes.Service-Public · Checked 2026-11-04
• For a child aged 13 to 15 inclusive, the declaration of nationality requires your passport or any equivalent document, and the passport or any equivalent document of each minor child who could become French at majority, if you have the nationality of a non-European (EU) country and went to the Schengen area from a State outside the Schengen area for less than 3 months in the 5 years before the request.Service-Public · Checked 2026-11-04

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• For a minor aged 16 to 17 inclusive, the French nationality request is made on plain paper stating the minor's name, first names, date and place of birth. For a minor aged 16 to 17 inclusive, the court clerk prepares the French declaration of nationality in 2 copies for the minor to sign.Service-Public · Checked 2026-11-04
• For a minor aged 16 to 17 inclusive, provide the minor's birth certificate (acte de naissance).Service-Public · Checked 2026-11-04
• For a minor aged 16 to 17 inclusive, provide an identity document, either a passport or a residence permit (titre de séjour).Service-Public · Checked 2026-11-04
• For a minor aged 16 to 17 inclusive, provide a recent identity photograph.Service-Public · Checked 2026-11-04
• For a minor aged 16 to 17 inclusive, provide the residence permit (titre de séjour) of the foreign parents or a foreign official identity document.Service-Public · Checked 2026-11-04
• For a minor aged 16 to 17 inclusive, provide all documents proving that the minor lives in France on the date of the declaration of nationality (déclaration de nationalité).Service-Public · Checked 2026-11-04
• For a minor aged 16 to 17 inclusive, the declaration of nationality requires all documents proving that the minor had habitual residence in France for a continuous or discontinuous period of at least 5 years since age 11.Service-Public · Checked 2026-11-04
• For a minor aged 16 to 17 inclusive, the declaration of nationality requires, if necessary, the birth certificates of the minor's foreign children living with the minor habitually or alternately in case of separation or divorce, all documents justifying the children's residence, and documents proving the filiation of the children (civil status records or a court decision).Service-Public · Checked 2026-11-04
• For a minor aged 16 to 17 inclusive, the declaration of nationality requires, if necessary, a medical certificate from an approved specialist doctor stating that the minor's mental or physical faculties prevent the minor from expressing their wishes.Service-Public · Checked 2026-11-04
• For a minor aged 16 or 17, the declaration of nationality requires your passport or any equivalent document if you have a non-European nationality and entered the Schengen area from a State outside the Schengen area for less than 3 months in the 5 years before the request. The declaration of nationality also requires the passport or any equivalent document of each minor child who could become French at majority.Service-Public · Checked 2026-11-04

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• Between 17 and a half and 19, to refuse French nationality, provide a full copy of your birth certificate (acte de naissance).Service-Public · Checked 2026-11-04
• Between 17 and a half and 19, to refuse French nationality, provide an identity document.Service-Public · Checked 2026-11-04
• Between 17 and a half and 19, to refuse French nationality, provide a recent identity photograph.Service-Public · Checked 2026-11-04
• Between 17 and a half and 19, to refuse French nationality, provide a certificate from the authorities of the country whose nationality you claim, establishing that you have the claimed nationality by filiation.Service-Public · Checked 2026-11-04
• Between 17 and a half and 19, to refuse French nationality, provide all documents from the national service offices establishing that you have not enlisted in the French armed forces.Service-Public · Checked 2026-11-04
• Between 17 and a half and 19, to refuse French nationality, if necessary, provide a medical certificate from an approved specialist doctor stating that your mental or physical faculties prevent you from expressing your wishes.Service-Public · Checked 2026-11-04
• For a declaration of refusal of French nationality between 17 and a half and 19 years, provide your passport or equivalent document if you have a non-European nationality and entered the Schengen area from a non-Schengen State for less than 3 months in the 5 years before applying. The refusal declaration also requires the passport or equivalent document of each minor child who could become French at majority.Service-Public · Checked 2026-11-04

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